Lee Zeldin Set to Undermine Environmental Safeguards as Head of Trump’s EPA

November 11, 2024

Lee Zeldin Set to Undermine Environmental Safeguards as Head of Trump's EPA

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Donald Trump plans to appoint Lee Zeldin to serve as his administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, according to reports. In response, David Arkush, director of Public Citizen's Climate Program,issued the following statement:

"At the EPA, Zeldin could undermine any progress made on protecting our environment and slowing climate change, doing more harm than any Administrator before him.

His record is clear: during his time in Congress, Zeldin casted vote after vote against measures that protect our environment and would slow the climate crisis. With a monumentally low 15% rating from the League of Conservation Voters, he denies the reality that climate change is a threat, and questions the well-established proof that humans are making our planet unlivable."

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